Meera Atkinson
Market seller: the turtle, the frog, this market is my culture, my home.
Turtle: the other/Other another o/Other IS a grieveable life. My shell is my culture, my home.
Outraged non-Chinese, non-activist citizen: THEY are cruel! They ARE cruel! They are CRUEL! WE are good and kind! [obvious denial - just hides it better].
Frogs (in unison): we are grieving, we are grieving.
Fish (with voices breaking): they say we have no feelings.
Scientists: we were wrong.
Market seller: we are grieving, we are grieving.
Animal activists: we are cruel, they are cruel, we are grieving.
Judith Butler: gender is performative.
Student who speaks from behind her: gender creates culture; so then culture is performative.
The optic of racism: you have no right to criticise Chinese culture. You have had enough power. You persecuted us. You persecute us still. You're guilty and you know it.
Animal activists: it has nothing to do with race [obvious denial - how can anything have nothing to do with race?]
Billy Bear, the fighting dog: I never wanted to fight, never wanted to die.
The optic of racism: you have no right to criticise a black man, whom you have treated like a dog.
Judith Butler (or rather, an avatar of Butler): His dog fighting is a nightmare of performative masculinity, a staging of rage and shame.
Student: the transgenerational transmission of the trauma of slaves.
Fighting dogs (together): we are slaves.
Turtles, frogs, fish and birds (all together, almost yelling): we are grieving, we are grieving.
Whisperings inside the hearts of all players: oh/ the grief/ so many lives.
Market seller: the turtle, the frog, this market is my culture, my home.
Turtle: the other/Other another o/Other IS a grieveable life. My shell is my culture, my home.
Outraged non-Chinese, non-activist citizen: THEY are cruel! They ARE cruel! They are CRUEL! WE are good and kind! [obvious denial - just hides it better].
Frogs (in unison): we are grieving, we are grieving.
Fish (with voices breaking): they say we have no feelings.
Scientists: we were wrong.
Market seller: we are grieving, we are grieving.
Animal activists: we are cruel, they are cruel, we are grieving.
Judith Butler: gender is performative.
Student who speaks from behind her: gender creates culture; so then culture is performative.
The optic of racism: you have no right to criticise Chinese culture. You have had enough power. You persecuted us. You persecute us still. You're guilty and you know it.
Animal activists: it has nothing to do with race [obvious denial - how can anything have nothing to do with race?]
Billy Bear, the fighting dog: I never wanted to fight, never wanted to die.
The optic of racism: you have no right to criticise a black man, whom you have treated like a dog.
Judith Butler (or rather, an avatar of Butler): His dog fighting is a nightmare of performative masculinity, a staging of rage and shame.
Student: the transgenerational transmission of the trauma of slaves.
Fighting dogs (together): we are slaves.
Turtles, frogs, fish and birds (all together, almost yelling): we are grieving, we are grieving.
Whisperings inside the hearts of all players: oh/ the grief/ so many lives.
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